The Fantastic 40 – Episode 10: Top-40 Chart Domination for 1989
Join Contributing Author Chuck Small as he takes us back to the days of Tiananmen Square, Dead Poets Society,and… The 40 Biggest Billboard Artists of 1989
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(Even More) Fantasy Number Ones
With inspiration from Contributing Author Ozmoe, it’s another Fantasy Number Ones Lover: Contributing Author Napoleon Of Birds, with imagined chart-toppers – and a certain head-scratcher from a Billboard doppelganger
Music In IMAX – Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
Take it to the (I)max with Contributing Author and Celluloid Hero Bill “Virgindog” Bois, for a comparative look at two recent and wildly popular concert films
Dude, Where’s My Van? Part 16: The Ultra-Modernist Meet and Greet
”Then again, Varese later famously asked “What is music but organized sound?” To which I can only answer: Touché.”
It’s the latest from from Contributing Author & Resident Vanguard Phylum Of Alexandria
A Primer To UK Music Charts – Part 1
In the first of two parts, Contributing Author and ‘chartcavist’ JJ Live At Leeds has some crackerjack research about UK record chart history
The Top Ten Most Successful “Missing” Number Ones Artists – Number 9: Dan Fogelberg
It seems that it’s the “quiet ones” that leave us much too soon. Contributing Author thegue has the story in this latest edition of his mini-series featuring the “Missing:” those who never quite got their due over at The Number Ones.
The Fantastic 40 – Episode 9: Top-40 Chart Domination for 1988
Join Contributing Author Chuck Small as he takes us back to the days of Lockerbie, the Iran-Contra affaie Beetlejuice and… The 40 Biggest Billboard Artists of 1988
The Carl Fenton Orchestra, aka: The Dance Orchestra That Didn’t Exist… aka: the Milli Vanilli of 1923!
Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan is back with another time-tripping episode of his 4-part miniseries, featuring music, pseudonyms, and… cigars (?) from 1923
Theoretically Speaking: S5:E9 – What Makes Trad Jazz, Trad Jazz ?
Take a trip to Storyville with Contributing Author Bill “Virgindog” Bois for a totally (T)rad new episode of Theoretically Speaking: Music Theory for Non-Musicians. Bonus points for our new favorite Duke Ellington quote
Dude, Where’s My Van? Part 15: I Woke Up Dreaming
”Regardless of the risks involved, it is nevertheless a crucial thing from time to time to wake people up to the reality of their dreams.”
It’s the latest from from Contributing Author & Resident Vanguard Phylum Of Alexandria
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